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GM doubles supplier cost-savings goal. (Purchasing Strategy).(General Motors)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included): General Motors will push suppliers for cost reductions in the 4-5% range next year, about double the level required in 2001. Efforts to reduce GM's $60 billion a year spend on purchased goods and services in North America are a primary strategy to ...; Tags: cost savings, General Motors Corp., strategy, supplier; Research articles 2001-12-13
How to Gain Business Productivity With Digital Print on Demand: In a business climate focused on improving organizational efficiencies and reducing costs, many companies are overlooking a significant cost-savings opportunity: the creation, management, production and distribution of business communications - an expense that can amount to as much as six to fifteen percent of annual revenues for most corporations. This...; Tags: Business Productivity, Cost Savings, Mimeo, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management; White papers 2006-03-12
Maintenance and Support Best Practices for IT Infrastructure, and Cost Savings Strategies: Outsourcing of IT support is a market reality. According to research provided by Gartner, Inc., external service providers are currently maintaining approximately 25 to 30% of all IT infrastructure. If you are considering or haven't yet considered outsourcing your company's IT infrastructure support, then watch this new program and...; Tags: IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, Dimension Data, Cost Savings, Best Practice, Strategy, Management; Webcasts 2009-08-10
Global Trade Solutions: Strategy - Automation - Customs/Export Compliance: Companies engaged in global trade face a maze of complex trade and border security regulations. These must be carefully navigated to maintain compliance and pursue the benefits of cost-savings opportunities. An importer or exporter can address risks while managing operational and resource efficiencies by developing standardized trade processes and automating...; Tags: Strategy, Compliance, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Cost Savings, Border Security, Automation; White papers 2008-07-17
Lazard Ltd. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions Our first question is from Devin Ryan from Sandler O'Neill. Devin Ryan – Sandler O'Neill Good morning. Bruce Wasserstein Good morning, Devin. Devin Ryan – Sandler O'Neill Can you just give us some detail on the projected expense saves I guess as a...; Tags: Call Transcript, Cost Savings, Earnings, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2009-02-11

Bangor Naval Base Silverdale, Washington: Innovation Brings Cost Savings and Energy Efficiency: Bangor is the headquarters for the Commander Navy Region Northwest and serves as one of two homeports to the Navy's Trident ballistic missile submarine fleet. Johnson Controls' goal in its work with Bangor is to provide service that is faster, better, cost efficient and more effective than in the past....; Tags: Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Cost Savings, Johnson Controls Inc., Bangor, Telecom & Utilities, Leadership, Strategy, Management; Case studies
Offshore & Nearshore ITO Salary Report 2004: This white paper discusses the differences among popular offshore and nearshore sourcing locations. The specific intent of the paper is to offer a comprehensive look at the cost-saving potential in global sourcing to select offshore and nearshore locations and to provide a roadmap for understanding what factors influence each country's...; Tags: Offshore, Sourcing, Cost Savings, Salary, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management; White papers 2005-05-01
A Community Guide to Basic and Cost-Saving Construction in the American Southwest: This book presents several cost-efficient practices that, when implemented, can help affordable housing providers and owners to improve a home's performance, resulting in projects that are high quality, safe, comfortable, energy efficient, and more affordable. These practices are intended as examples for housing providers and homeowners to ensure cost-efficient construction....; Tags: Construction, Cost Savings, U.S. Department Of Housing, Strategy, Management; White papers 2003-09-01

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When One and One Make One | BTalk Australia: (17min 52) The last year has set a new record for the number of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Australia. Putting two companies together can be a long and complex process, with the potential for lots to go wrong. Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks...; Tags: Team, Acquisition, Merger, M&A, Customer, Organization, Diligence, Max Coulthard, Management Departure Rate, Human Being, Mergers & Acquisitions, Team Management, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Management, Business Operations, Phil Dobbie; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Prudential Outsources Work -- and Its Workers -- to IBM.(Originated from The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.): May 2--The buzz word in corporate America these days is clearly outsourcing -- a business strategy employers happily equate with cost savings and employees often associate with dreaded pink slips. May 2--The buzz word in corporate America these days is clearly ...; Tags: business strategy, IBM Corp., Prudential Insurance Company of America, worker; Research articles 1997-05-02
IBM Wins Multi-Year Business Transformation Contract With British Energy Designed to Drive Efficiencies and Cost Savings: IBM today announced a multi-year agreement with British Energy, the UK's largest electricity generator, to help transform its business by implementing an integrated supply chain strategy that will improve supplier performance, increase power station output and reliability, whilst delivering significant financial benefits. This agreement builds on IBM's current contract...; Tags: cost savings, IBM Corp.; Research articles 2006-05-04
Verizon Communications Inc. NYSE: VZ. (verizon).(strategy and stock analysis): Verizon is one of the world's leading communications companies, with significant scale and scope as well as industry-leading cost savings and merger synergies. Our core businesses--wireline, wireless and print and on-line directories--serve millions Verizon is one of the world's leading communications companies, with significant...; Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., wireless, NYSE Euronext, stock, strategy; Research articles 2003-04-01
High-hanging fruit: how the Global Strategic Sourcing organization at Bristol-Myers Squibb plans to deliver its next billion in cost savings. (Sourcing Strategy).: A great danger for top purchasing execs is that success breeds high expectations. Bank $250 million worth of savings one year and top brass will be looking for $300 million the next. A great danger for top purchasing execs is that success breeds...; Tags: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., cost savings, sourcing, strategic sourcing; Research articles 2003-04-03
Maximizing Business Value Through a Phased PLM Strategy: Product Lifecycle Management PLM is a business strategy that is steadily gaining wide acceptance. Companies that took an early adopter approach to PLM are beginning to show significant reductions in new product introduction lead times, benefit from meaningful cost savings and enjoy more profitable products. These companies have adopted best...; Tags: Product Lifecycle, Product Lifecycle Management, Tech-Clarity, Product Marketing, Marketing; White papers 2004-09-23
IVANS leads technology charge with NetConnect; Electronic commerce direction endorsed by vendors and companies: GREENWICH, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 22, 1997--More cost-effective, efficient technology is the battle cry for many companies and agents and IVANS is leading the charge with IVANS NetConnectTM, a new desktop application that supports IVANS' strategy to bring best-of-breed solutions to all parties in the insurance distribution system. NetConnect...; Tags: Netconnect; Research articles 1997-05-22
HP offers slew of products and services to bring cost savings and better performance to virtual desktops: Hewlett-Packard HP this week unleashed a barrage of products aimed at delivering affordable and simple computing experiences to the desktop. These include thin-client and desktop virtualization solutions, as well as a multi-seat offering that can double computing seats. At the same time, the company targeted the need for data security...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Thin Client; News items 2009-11-18
Innovative Control Equipent Strategy for Truly Unmanned Gas Turbine-Compressor Stations: The purpose of this article is to detail the TRICONEX Corporations philosophy in implementing high integrity fault tolerant Triple Modular Redundant TMR Systems in the control of main station gas turbine-compressor stations. The article also describes how one of Australia's major transmission companies, GPU GasNet has applied TMR technology for...; Tags: Strategy, Deloitte LLP, Station; White papers 2002-05-03
The Forgotten Strategy: The Idea in Brief Multinationals' global operations consistently underperform their domestic operations. Why? These companies' strategies focus mostly on similarities across their markets: whenever possible, global companies standardize their business models to achieve economies of scale. They...; Tags: Arbitrage, Strategy, Multinational, Pankaj Ghemawat, Transportation, Financial Services, Molson, Difference, U.S., Harvard Business Review, In Brief; Articles 2007-11-02
Mashable's Weekly Guide to Social Media Conferences and Events: It's a brand new week, which means it's time for Mashable's guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month...; Tags: Social Media; News items 2009-10-19
Quick and Easy Ways to Boost Returns: How?d you like to earn a few thousand dollars for less than an hour of your time? This is no get-rich-quick come-on. The extra income is the potential payoff for making a few simple and painless money moves. Many of us have a tendency to keep our savings and...; Tags: Asset Allocation, Index Funds, Emergency Needs, Ally Bank, Zion?s Bank, Bank Deals, Allan Roth; Articles 2009-11-16